The West Arnhem Shire Council is dedicated to providing a dynamic mix of Arts and Culture related projects across the four Indigenous communities within the west Arnhem district of; Gunbalanya (Oenpelli), Maningrida, Warruwi (Goulburn Island) and Minjilang (Croker Island).

Indigenous Language Projects

The following language projects use language as a tool to help strengthen cultural identity in Western Arnhem Land. This is achieved through activities relating to language such as recording stories and histories from local elders in a variety of dialects that relate to these languages. Many bi-lingual publications have been produced such as dictionaries, story books, posters and CD’s.

Kunwinjku Language Projects (KLP)
Location: Gunbalanya
Project Coordinators: Murray Garde & Sally May
www.kunwinjku.org

Minjilang Endangered Language Project (MELP)
Location: Croker Island
Project Coordinators: Sabine Hoeng & Brice Birch
www.iwaidja.org

Mawng Language Project
Location: Goulburn Island
Project Coordinators: Ruth Singer & Sabine Hoeng

Community Broadcasting

Each of the four West Arnhem communities has a local radio station which broadcasts live news stories, weather, community updates and interviews, government notices, and a great selection of Indigenous and contempoary styles of music, both in english and native local languages.

Gunbalanya 102.9FM
Broadcaster: Russell Aglara

Maningrida 106.1FM
Broadcaster: Terry Pascoe

Warruwi (Goulburn Island) 106.1FM
Broadcaster: Solomon Imeraganyan

Minjilang (Croker Island) 106.1FM
Broadcaster: Stephen Bunn & Matthew Cooper

Community Festivals

West Arnhem Shire Council proudly supports community festivals each year, these are wonderful projects which engage people of all ages in great music, sports, arts & culture events hosted over a weekend.

Jabiru Public Library

The Jabiru Public Library offers a vibrant learning environment, based in the heart of Kakadu National Park. The library offers support and serives to many of the surrounding Indigenous communities and outstations, along with the influx of tourists during the Dry Season. The library works closely with Indigenous youth offering many volunteer and mentoring programs to promote employment within Northern Territory libraries.

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These projects are coordinated by:
West Arnhem Shire Council
Coordinator Arts & Culture, Belinda Carlson
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did you know?

The Mawng Language Project have launched their new Fish, Shell and Plant Medicine posters - distributed through Mardbalk Arts Centre.

Maningrida broadcaster, Terry Pascoe has a live 2 hour show across the NT on TEABBA every Thursday from 10am - 12pm 106.9FM

During the Dry Season Jabiru Public Library is hosting free movie under the star nights featuring Indigenous and contemporary films.